Paul Lowe

Current

• Course Director at London College of Communication
• Senior Lecturer/Course Director, LCC at University of the Arts London
• Photographer at Panos Pictures

• Consultant to education dept at World Press Photo

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Past

• Senior lecturer at University of the Arts London
• Senior Lecturer in Photography at University of Bolton

Education

• Gwent College of HE
• University of Cambridge

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Paul Lowe’s Summary

Paul is the Course Director of the Masters programme in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, where he developed and lead the validation team for the upgrading of the PG diploma to a full Masters in 2004. He was responsible for the development and launch of a new part time mode of the course delivered entirely online using web conferencing, blogs and the VLE, launched in 2008.

Paul is an award-winning photographer, whose work is represented by Panos Pictures, and who has been published in Time, Newsweek, Life, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Observer and The Independent amongst others. He has covered breaking news the world over, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, Nelson Mandela’s release, famine in Africa, the conflict in the former Yugoslavia and the destruction of Grozny.

He is a consultant to the World Press Photo foundation in Amsterdam on online education of professional photojournalists in the majority world.

His book, Bosnians, documenting 10 years of the war and post war situation in Bosnia, was published in April 2005 by Saqi books.

Paul Lowe’s Specialties:

photography, news, photojournalism and documentary photography; multimedia journalism; media ethics; post graduate education in art and design; e learning; online post graduate education; use of blogs in Higher Education; use of web conferencing in higher education especially using the wimba platform; reflective practice; course and curriculum development and validation; the photographic representation of war, genocide, holocaust and war crimes;

Paul Lowe’s Experience

• Course Director

  London College of Communication

  (Higher Education industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years )

• Senior Lecturer/Course Director, LCC

  University of the Arts London

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  2003 — Present (6 years )

  Course Director for the Masters in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography, with both full time f2f and part time online modes of delivery
  currently on partial secondment to CLTAd to work on e learning strategies for the UAL

• Photographer

  Panos Pictures

  (Media Production industry)

  2001 — Present (8 years )

  Panos Pictures is a London-based independent photo agency representing photojournalists worldwide. Our photographers document issues and geographical areas which are under-reported, misrepresented or ignored. In a media climate dominated by celebrity and lifestyle Panos aims to provide fresh perspectives on the world.
  
  Panos photographers are available for assignment on every continent. Their in depth knowledge of local conditions enables them to deliver even in the most difficult situations.
  
  This website allows you to search, download and purchase from our ever growing archive of digitised images. If you cannot find the image you require our experienced researchers are on hand to help you locate what you are looking for in our physical archive of over 500,000 images.
  
  Half of the profits from the agency are given to the Panos Insititute to further its work on issues around media and communications, globalisation, HIV/AIDS and environment and conflict.

• Consultant to education dept

  World Press Photo

  (Photography industry)

  1999 — Present (10 years )

• Senior lecturer

  University of the Arts London

  (Media Production industry)

  2004 — 2008 (4 years )

• Senior Lecturer in Photography

  University of Bolton

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year )

  Senior Lecturer in Photography on BA film and Video

Paul Lowe’s Education

• Gwent College of HE

  BTEC HND , Documentary Photography , 1986 — 1988

• University of Cambridge

  BA Hons , History and Philosophy , 1982 — 1986

Additional Information

Paul Lowe’s Interests:

photography, photojournalism, documentary, film, art, media ethics, new media, online journalism, multimedia, aesthetics, politics, blogging, reflective practice, higher education, course development and validation

Paul Lowe’s Groups:

Wimba Product Advisory Board
National Union of Journalists

•    (E-)learning network
•    Photography Industry Professionals
•    Digital Communications Marketing in Higher Education
•    Cambridge University Alumni Group
•    The eLearning Guild
•    eLearning Art and Design
•    Canon EOS Digital Photography
•    Adobe Photoshop Group
•    EDUCAUSE
•    Work Literacy/E-Learning Guild: Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals
•    British Journal of Photography

Paul Lowe’s Honors:

Winner of Nikon News photographer and Photo essay of the Year, 1989,
Winner of Nikon Features Photographer 1990;
Winner of The Journalist prize for Photography 1989.
Second place Magazine photographer of the year in POY1993
First place Global news picture for Grozny POY 1996;
Winner of World Press Photo for General News and Nature and the Environment in 1992,
Second place in spot news in 1995 for Grozny and 96 for Rwanda.
UK Magazine Photographer of the Year 1998.
Awarded the Vic Odden prize for an outstanding achievement by a British photographer under 35 by the Royal Photographic Society.
2nd place people in the news in World Press 2000 for pictures of the missing in Bosnia.

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